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HyPeRbAnD
join:2006-01-07
Stow, MA

HyPeRbAnD

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That is unexceptable!

They should sue if you have that many people not getting their speed or put pressure on them through the town. I can't see why Charter would let it get to that point. I would have to blame local Charter engineering and Management.

I work for Charter and we do everything to ensure customers get the correct speeds. Granted sometimes problems could be so difficult or simple:), that it may take a couple of weeks. If it does you should credit the customer until it's resolved.

I don't know what this particular problem is, but it's a matter of getting all departments together to resolve a problem.
moonpuppy (banned)
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD

moonpuppy (banned)

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Re: That is unexceptable!

said by HyPeRbAnD:

They should sue if you have that many people not getting their speed or put pressure on them through the town. I can't see why Charter would let it get to that point. I would have to blame local Charter engineering and Management.
Why pay for upgrades when you can get the same money (in monthly fees) for less? The local Charter management is probably getting bonus checks for saving the company so much money.
said by HyPeRbAnD:

I work for Charter and we do everything to ensure customers get the correct speeds. Granted sometimes problems could be so difficult or simple:), that it may take a couple of weeks. If it does you should credit the customer until it's resolved.
Thinking like that will never get you into management.
said by HyPeRbAnD:

I don't know what this particular problem is, but it's a matter of getting all departments together to resolve a problem.
The problem is people won't shut up and pay. They actually want service. The nerve of these customers.

Note: The above posting was a severely sarcastic post
rhansme
join:2004-11-25
Independence, OR

rhansme

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Re: That is unexceptable!

Silverton was completly rebuilt only a couple of years ago. It is not the outside plant that is causing thier pain. It is due to the lack of bandwidth into the Headend/CO. It appears that they have a solution in place and the speeds should improve quickly once LS networks gets thier fiber in place.

As for speeds being an issue, if you want your speeds to be totaly consistant feel free to pay for a dedicated T1 line for a whopping 1.5 megs for somewhere in the neighborhood of 300.00 to 600.00 a month... ymmv and of course the more dedicated bandwidth you want the more it will cost you.

I'm not saying that it is right what Charter is doing, only helping to explain the situation.

Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26

Fatal Vector

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Re: That is unexceptable!

"As for speeds being an issue, if you want your speeds to be totaly consistant feel free to pay for a dedicated T1 line for a whopping 1.5 megs for somewhere in the neighborhood of 300.00 to 600.00 a month"

Is that why my lowly DSL is so utterly reliable and consistent at $13 a month? Fact is, if you pay for a T1 you're a moron.
mj3431
join:2003-04-21
STL, MO

mj3431

Member

Re: That is unexceptable!

A T1 is backed by SLA, with symmetrical speed. Nothing even close to your dsl.

Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26

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Fatal Vector

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Re: That is unexceptable!

"A T1 is backed by SLA, with symmetrical speed. Nothing even close to your dsl."

Well, you know...if you want to be stupid and pay $300 a month because the T! is "backed by a SLA" That's fine and more power to you. The point is that DSL is, for the most part identical and costs a hell of a lot less...But you go ahead and pay (dearly) in advance for that SLA, I'm sure it's all cake as far as they are concerned

Vodka2
join:2005-12-20
Sacramento, CA

Vodka2

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Re: That is unexceptable!

Exactly! You're paying for the right to get a 4 hour repair window on a T1 (or less in some cases), not nessecarily the bandwidth. I believe a full CIR, 4 hour SLA T1 runs about 400 to 1000, per month, depending on the provider. But damn, is it reliable.

Fatal Vector
join:2005-11-26

Fatal Vector to HyPeRbAnD

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to HyPeRbAnD
"I can't see why Charter would let it get to that point."

Because the longer they can keep delaying and not doing anything, the more money they can rake in. It's just that simple.

tonyfer2
join:2002-08-14
Elizabeth, NJ

tonyfer2

Member

Re: That is unexceptable!

my speed are on 89%of the time ;;;;;;;
WEB100 Enabled Statistics:
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 2.40Mb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 25.83Mb/s

------ Client System Details ------
OS data: Name = Windows XP, Architecture = x86, Version = 5.1
Java data: Vendor = Sun Microsystems Inc., Version = 1.5.0_08

------ Web100 Detailed Analysis ------
10 Mbps Ethernet link found.
Link set to Full Duplex mode
No network congestion discovered.
Good network cable(s) found
Normal duplex operation found.

Web100 reports the Round trip time = 53.73 msec; the Packet size = 1460 Bytes; and
No packet loss - but packets arrived out-of-order 0.5% of the time
This connection is receiver limited 91.53% of the time.
This connection is network limited 8.44% of the time.

Web100 reports TCP negotiated the optional Performance Settings to:
RFC 2018 Selective Acknowledgment: OFF
RFC 896 Nagle Algorithm: ON
RFC 3168 Explicit Congestion Notification: OFF
RFC 1323 Time Stamping: OFF
RFC 1323 Window Scaling: ON
Packet size is preserved End-to-End
Server IP addresses are preserved End-to-End
Client IP addresses are preserved End-to-End